Shade mounting



March 13, 1928. 1,662,217

C. H. TILTON SHADE MOUNTING Filed NQV- 20, 1922 Patented Mar. 13, 1928.

PATENT ()FFICE.

CHARLES H. TILTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SHADE MOUNTING.

Application filed November 20, 1922. Serial No. 601,982.

My invent-ion relates to interior decorating, and more specifically to an improved mounting for shades in which the shade roller itself can be adjusted as to height.

One object of the invent-ion is to eliminate the possibility of accidentally dislodging the roller from its supporting means, when it is raised or lowered.

Another object is to eliminate chattering between the support and the parts slidable thereon.

Another object is to construct a much simpler and cheaper supporting structure for slidably mounted shade rollers.

slides equally suitable for use inside a window casing, or projecting from the face thereof.

Another object is to contribute to cleanliness and sanitation, by providing a mounting permitting removal and replacement of the shade with such ease that it will become common and usual for the housewife or maid, or the janitor of a school or oflice building, to take down the shade and dust it when cleaning the room.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of a window and window casing equipped with one embodiment of apparatus according to the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail front elevation of the fittings at one side of the window;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same fittings;

Fig. 4 is a side, and Fig. 5 a front elevation of a modified bracket.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a different fitting. I

In the embodiment of my invention selected for illustration in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the window 10 is provided with a shade 12 of any desired type, mounted ona roller 14 of the usual construction. Fittings 16 and 18 support the projecting pins 20 and 22 at the end of the roller, and are themselves slidably guided in vertical movement on wires 24, two foreach fitting.

Wires 24 on each side, are tensioned between a lower bracket 26 and an upper bracket 28, each bracket comprising a base portion suitably fastened to the supporting Another object is to provide supporting structure as by screws 30, and a lower shelf 32 and an upper shelf 34, substantially identical, except that the upper shelf carries an eye 36, for a purpose to be explained'hereinafter.

Wires 24 are formed of a single length of material extending down through shelf 32, across the bottom of the shelf at 38 and up again. The free ends at the top pass througha tensioning block 40, and may be suitably made fast to each other or to the block, as by twisting their ends together, or riveting the end of the wire to form an enlarged head on top of block'40. An adjusting screw 42 isthreaded through block 40 and abuts the upper surface of shelf 34, to adjustably tension wires 24. Y

Fittings 16 and Bare duplicates, except that the aperture in fitting 18 receiving the flat end 22 of the roller structure, has a correspondingly elongated hole, but does nothave the usual slot to permit removal of the roller. Each fitting comprises a plate 44 having diverging cars 46 at its upper and lower ear corners, suitably apertured to slide on wires 24.

Toslide the shade up'and down, a cord 48 rises from fitting 18, passing through the left eye 86 and the right eye also. A similar cord 50 rises from the right hand fitting 16 to pass through the right eye only. Both cords then extend downwardly and are suitably united in a single cord 52, by means of which the height of the shade may be readily adjusted.

I have provided a simple wire clip comprising an eye 54 encircling one of the screws 80 and held in place by tightening said screw, and a laterally extending U- shaped body portion 56, with the free end of the U terminating in a rounded portion 58. Cord 52 normally passes once through the U, and the portion of the cord below the U can be looped over again as at to fasten the parts in place.

Because neither plate 44 contains a slot to permit removal of the roller, no accidental vertical displacement of the parts, however violent, can dislodge the roller. With the roller approximately midway between the upper and lower supports, either plate 44 can be rotated about a vertical axis near its rear edge, to move laterally past the end of part 20 or 22, and permit removal of the roller. At, the same time, wires 24 can be ten-sinned by means of adiiistiiig screws 42 window casing close to the window.

to provide a satisfactorily rigid guide for fittings 16 and 18 without preventing quiclf removal of the roller as above described.

In the devices of the prior art, rigid rods have been employed in place of? wires 24:. These rods were much more expensive and also unsatisfactory iuservice because they were apt to he hent so that the parts could not slide freely, because the fittingsslidable on them were prone to chatter unless of very elaborate or accurate construction, and hecause they were conspicuous and unsightly.

In Figs. -f and 5 I have illu:.-trute 'l an alternative construction of sheet metal, in which shelf 62, corresponreliug to shell 31, is bent up at (El across at ($6 and down again at 68 to form a. Ushaped housing for a pulley 70 receiving the cord.

\Vithout further elalmration.

the. foregoing will so fully explain the gist of my invention. that others may. h v applying currentltnowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service. It will, for instancebeobvious that a. simple change in the positioning, of ears to to hold plate ft parallel to the plane of wires 211 instead of perpendicular. as at 46 in Fig. 6. would sufiice for positioning the entire structure on supporting surfaces perpendicular to those shown, such as the edge of the Many modifications and adaptations may readily be made without eliminating certain features which may properly be said to con- Ii-i'St-ltute the essential items of novelty involved, which items are intended to he defined and secured to me hy the following claims.

I claim 1,. In a. shade mounting, in cmnhination, fittings for receiving the ends of a. shade roller. a plurality of flexihle tension wires slidahly siqiportimr each fitting, and rigid supports at spaced points for said tension wires, the tension of said wires heing such a to permit displacement. of said fittings h rotation when positioned intern'iediate raid points, to separate the fittings from the roller.

in a shade mounting. in conihination, fittings for receiving the ends of a snadc roller. :1 pluralit) of fiexihle tension \\'l]'t slidahlv supporting each filling. and rigid sluiports at spaced points for raid tension wires, the tension of said wires hiring such as to permit displm-ement of said iittines when positioned intermediate said points, to separate the fittings from the roller.

2 ln a shade mounting, in comhiuation. fittings for receiving the ends of a shade roller. fle'xihlc tension wire means slidahly supporting each fitting, and rigid supports at spaced points on said tension wire means, the tension of" said wire means being such as to permit. displacement of said fittin; when ])OSltlOll((l intermediate said points, to separate the fittings from the roller.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 10th day of Novcmlmrr. 1922.

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